Crossword clues for lithotomy
lithotomy
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lithotomy \Li*thot"o*my\, n. [L. lithotomia, Gr. ?: cf. F. lithotomie.] (Surg.) The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1721, from Late Latin lithotomia, from Greek lithotomia, from lithos "stone" (see litho-) + -tomia "cutting" (see -tomy).
Wiktionary
n. A surgical method for removal of calculi, (bolily stones formed inside certain hollow organs) such kidney stones and gallstones.
WordNet
n. surgical removal of a stone (calculus)
Wikipedia
Lithotomy from Greek for "lithos" ( stone) and "tomos" ( cut), is a surgical method for removal of calculi, stones formed inside certain organs, such as the kidneys ( kidney stones), bladder ( bladder stones), and gallbladder ( gallstones), that cannot exit naturally through the urinary system or biliary tract. The procedure, which is usually performed by means of a surgical incision (therefore invasive), differs from lithotripsy, wherein the stones are crushed either by a minimally invasive probe inserted through the exit canal, or by an acoustic pulse ( extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy), which is a non-invasive procedure.
Usage examples of "lithotomy".
He was chloroformed and placed in the lithotomy position, his buttocks brought to the edge of the bed, and after dilatation of the sphincter, by traction with the fingers and tooth-forceps, the horn was extracted.
If he had ministered, in some wise, to Daniel following his lithotomy, he had not done so by necromancy.
Jacobson cites a case of vaginal lithotomy in a patient six and a half months pregnant, with normal delivery at full term.
Smith mentions a man who had two penises and two bladders, on one of which lithotomy was performed.
Dougherty reports the operation of lithotomy, in which the calculus removed was formed by incrustations about an iron bullet.
In a third instance, a young girl, whose lover had violent connection with her while she was in an exaggerated lithotomy position, suffered a large tear of the right vaginal wall.
Clever de Maldigny, a surgeon in the Royal Guards of France, who successfully performed a lithotomy on himself before a mirror.
A Dutch blacksmith and a German cooper each performed lithotomy on themselves for the intense pain caused by a stone in the bladder.
Physick of Philadelphia is said to have successfully removed by lateral lithotomy more than 1000 calculi.
Marquis got the same aghast, cringing, yet fascinated look that all men did whenever the topic of lithotomy arose in conversation.
Then she would get on the examining table and assume the lithotomy position.
His white face, glimmering with sweat, alarmed Rachel more than the sight of Alma spread-eagled on the table in lithotomy position, feet up in stirrups, huge belly draped in a sterile blue sheet.
While lithotomies were normally completed in a matter of minutes, Pollard was on the table for an hour, with his knees at his neck and his hands bound to his feet while the clueless medic tried in vain to locate the stone.